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verb

past tense of sequester

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of sequestered
Adjective
Big Brother 4 The first season with a sequestered jury (sorry, Danielle Reyes), Big Brother 4 was also the first installment in which players with a history outside of the house played together. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 4 June 2026 The trial was a madly raucous media event, requiring many weeks and a sequestered jury. — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 1 Feb. 2026 In the second clinical trial, not yet published, 36 sequestered volunteers ate an additional 1,000 calories a day when on the ultraprocessed food diet, according to a midpoint analysis of the data by Hall. — Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025 That sentiment is front and center in The Fence, a sequestered and highly theatrical drama set on an African construction site that feels much more like a colonial outpost. — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
Once sequestered, jurors are not allowed any contact with the outside world and - unlike in many US jurisdictions - their deliberations must remain confidential. — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026 The money was nominally to pay civil servants and prop up infrastructure in a territory sequestered by an Israeli blockade, but many observers agreed that Hamas diverted a significant sum to its military wing. — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026 Peeping over the Bay of Naples from its clifftop perch, sequestered from Piazza Tasso’s hustle and bustle by perfumed orange groves. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026 In contrast, heavy metals are sequestered by proteins such as metallothioneins or accumulate in bony tissues. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026 Curtis has sequestered primary ballots in a room in the elections office in Redding, sealing the doors with locks and duct tape and telling reporters that the ballots did not look, feel or smell right. — Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026 The company compares that reduction with the carbon sequestered by roughly 63,800 acres of US forest each year. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026 Patterson's defense attorney Richard Edney made the first ground for their appeal on Wednesday an error that resulted in jury members being sequestered in the same hotel as a police witness and members of the prosecution team. — CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 Thorndike said during the voir dire that she has been sequestered since being contacted by Reddington. — Melina Khan, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sequestered
Adjective
  • The 30-logical-qubit demonstration represents an important data point in the industry’s effort to move from isolated quantum experiments toward machines capable of executing increasingly long and reliable computations.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The other islands will likely get a few inches of rain with isolated flooding possible.
    — Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The thought of being separated from his children haunted Cazares.
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • After launch, its booster separated, its wings unfolded, and a small turbofan powered it through sustained low-altitude flight.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The following day, all three outlets reported that their journalists had been denied access to the White House grounds, with MS NOW and Politico claiming press passes had been confiscated.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Soon after, Politico said its White House reporter Cheyenne Haslett was also denied entry and had her badge confiscated.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • The vessel offers up seven staterooms, including an owner’s cabin with a secluded outdoor space, and a crew of 15.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The two set out with Ross, a raucous party boy, and the three drive to a secluded, bucolic manor.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Encinosa claims moving Sabatino into the prison's general population violates the judge's order, which requires the BOP to keep Sabatino segregated.
    — Jim DeFede, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • After an attempt to solve the climate crisis created a worldwide perma-blizzard, what’s left of humanity now circles the globe in a speeding train that’s strictly segregated by economic status.
    — Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Jamal Aamar, a 63-year-old retired banker, came to vote for the Federation of the Democratic Left, a left-wing coalition.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Starring Dominique Toney and Ignacyo Matynia, the series follows a retired Army First Sergeant who becomes embroiled in a conspiracy threatening American democracy.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Solar ultraviolet photons break apart bonds in molecules, creating radicals, which oxidize VOCs.
    — Michael A. Robinson, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026
  • As the ribs cook, the fat and connective tissue (collagen) melt, creating meat that is ultra-juicy and fall-apart tender.
    — Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Overall, scripted is faring much better than unscripted despite some outlying hits like The Traitors, Dancing with the Stars, and Love Island.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026
  • All those entities hoovered up the dollars PG&E had available to pay out victims of the Camp Fire, and other blazes including the deadly 2017 North Bay fires that devastated Santa Rosa and outlying communities.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2026

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“Sequestered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sequestered. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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